Bedrest Round Two

So, last week I had been feeling what felt a lot like contractions but even though I had just been pregnant with Brody not long ago I wasn't 100% convinced that they were true contractions so I hadn't called the Dr.  I have also been going to see my Dr every two weeks to check for pre-term labor since I had Brody early so I wasn't super worried about going to get checked.  They started getting stronger and more frequent so Travis talked me into calling and making sure everything was okay.  After explaining to my Dr's assistant what was going on she told me she had faxed my papers over to the hospital and that I needed to go over to L&D right away.  Travis stayed home with Brody and I drove up to the hospital. I got all checked in and hooked up to the monitors and turns out I was having pretty strong contractions about 10 min apart.  SO,  at 31 weeks for both pregnancies I started pre-term labor.  At least this time it wasn't in the middle of the night at an emergency room that doesn't even have OB's on staff! 

I was there for a few hours, they gave me two shots of something that made my heart feel like it was going to jump out of my chest (didnt slow down the contractions at all).  They called my Dr and she said that since the contractions weren't really causing labor she was okay with them letting me go home.  She put me on bedrest again and prescribed me the same pills I took when I was pregnant with Brody.  She said that the weekly progesterone shots I've been doing with this pregnancy were probably what was keeping labor from starting. (good to hear I haven't been getting a shot in the butt for the past 14 weeks for nothing!) :)  

So now I'm down to weekly Dr appt's and will be off the shots and pills at 36 weeks, just like with Brody....and as soon as I stopped the pills with him my water broke so we are anticipating the same scenario this time around. :) Travis has been awesome with making sure everything gets done around the house on top of working full-time and playing with Brody. I'm lucky to have such a great hubby and our kids could not have a better daddy :)

Our baby shower is the first weekend of Feb (hopefully I'll still be pregnant!).  I've been nesting like crazy and can't wait to finish getting everything set up for her....this has been such a fast pregnancy but this time around I'm a little more ready to get my body back.  I'm SO ready to fit into my clothes again and Brody is running out of room to sit on my lap :)

Also, thought I would share this with any mommies that are reading this. I stumbled onto it on Pinterest tonight and it had me cracking up....especially the very first part about the pregnancy test.  Travis is still upset with me for doing that without him, and I did that with both pregnancies :)
http://m.xojane.com/family/what-you-wont-expect-when-youre-expecting